Hadith Explanation

Least Punished

The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The least punished person of the people of Hell-Fire on the Day of Resurrection will be a man under whose arch of the feet two smouldering embers will be placed, because of which his brain will boil just like Al-Mirjal (copper vessel) or a Qum-qum (narrow-necked vessel) boils with water.” [Sahih Bukhari]

Nobody can bear the least punishment of Hell-Fire. But whoever enters it will have to endure the punishment as there will be no death anymore. How stupid is the person who barters away the Hereafter for the enjoyment of the world. This is what the people of Hell-Fire will say about themselves: “Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!” [Quran 67:10]

The Nobel laureates, the Pulitzer prize winners, the scholarship holders of the world, the business tycoons, the crafty politicians, all will realize that their intelligence was of no use to them if it does not secure them from the worst calamity nor allow them to attain the greatest felicity.